The Tide of Fortune: Twelve Historical Miniatures (The Hallam Edition)
Zweig, Stefan 1881 – 1942
- Publisher: Cassell & Co Ltd -- Hallam Edition
- Date published: 1955
Cassell & Co Ltd -- Hallam Edition, London, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Various. Foreword by author will and index. Red coloured end pages. Translated by Eden and Cedar Paul. Bound in a decorated cloth, blind stamped titling gilt filled, top edge of text block tinted pale red. Illustrated dustwrapper (same illustration as the underlying boards) with green coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. First published in 1927 in Germany. The author investigates 12 pivotal moments in world history, giving us the human as well as global implications of their actions. Events covered are: – Cicero's Death, Conquest of Byzantium, The Discovery of the Pacific, Handel's Messiah, The Marseille, Grouchy obeys Orders (Waterloo), Goethe's last Love, El Dorado, Cyrus Field's Cable across the Atlantic, Quest of the South Pole, Lenin leaves Zürich and Wilson's Failure – end of World War I. Rubbing of the book corners and back strip edges with softening of the back strip edges and a little bumping to the top book corners. Light age toning and foxing of the text block edges and there are light foxing scattered throughout aged toned pages. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the front paste-down. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges with some Chipping to the back strip edges. Significant sunning to the back strip with foxing of the fold over panels and to the verso. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 0289103. .
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